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Seaspan New Tugs for Vancouver Harbour

Seaspan International announced the largest tug build commitment of a single class of vessels in over 35 years. The company signed a contract with Sanmar

Denizcilik Shipyard, of Istanbul Turkey; to build four state-of-the-art ship assist tugs.

The prime duties for these tugs will be to dock, undock and escort ships in Van- couver Harbor and Roberts Bank. The

RAstar 28 m tugs will feature full fire fighting capability and upon arrival will be amongst the most powerful vessels to sail BC waters.

Internationally renowned and Vancou- ver based naval architects’, Robert Allan

Ltd., designed the new tugs.

The first vessel is scheduled to arrive by the end of this year; while the remain- ing three tugs will be delivered in the summer and late fall of 2011. “We are excited to announce this fleet enhancement to our employees, the BC marine industry and the community at large,” said Jonathan Whitworth, Wash- ington Marine Group CEO. “The bene- fits of a purchase of this type are numerous, including the rebuilding and modernization of our fleet, and increased safety and capabilities for all ship escorts performed in the Vancouver Harbor. As recently reported, the Port has an imme- diate need for more modern and powerful tugs to assist the growing number of tankers within the Port. Seaspan recog- nized this growing concern, and I’m ex- tremely pleased to report that we took the necessary steps to assist Port Metro Van- couver and the BC Coast Pilots in pro- viding the solution.”

For the Record

In the September 2010 edition of

Maritime Reporter & Engineering

News, an erroneous photo was pub- lished in conjunction with Wing Inflat- ables in the RIB report. The correct information is published here.

Wing Inflatables

Name: P-Series CRRC

Wing Inflatables has developed a new line of inflatable CRRC’s, starting with the P-4.7 for military, commercial and workboat applications. Wing Inflata- bles uses Cooley Coolthane polyurethane, a highly puncture and abrasion resistant fabric. Tube seams are heat welded into a single fabric.

Call for availability: 707-826-2887 x100.

P-4.7

LOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.4 ft.

Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.6 ft.

Folded, bare boat: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 ft. x 4.9 ft.

Usable deck space: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38.7 sq. ft.

Wt. bare boat, w/o deck: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 lbs.

Max. payload incl. engine & fuel: . . . . . . . .2760 lbs.

Crew/passenger capacity: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10